Woman dies after being hit by car

Driver is being held on intoxication manslaughter charge

A large hole in the front of a home at 4515 La Salle Circle remains 7/06/17 morning following an accident overnight that resulted in one fatality. Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram

A large hole in the front of a home at 4515 La Salle Circle remains 7/06/17 morning following an accident overnight that resulted in one fatality. Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram

Photo: Tim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram

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A large hole in the front of a home at 4515 La Salle Circle remains 7/06/17 morning following an accident overnight that resulted in one fatality. Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram

A large hole in the front of a home at 4515 La Salle Circle remains 7/06/17 morning following an accident overnight that resulted in one fatality. Tim Fischer/Reporter-Telegram

Photo: Tim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram

Woman dies after being hit by car

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A former Seminole resident is dead and a Midland man was being held in Midland County jail Thursday on a charge of intoxication manslaughter after a vehicle crashed into a home on LaSalle Circle late Wednesday, according to Midland police.

Midland police and fire departments responded to a wreck at about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 4500 block of LaSalle Circle, according to a press release from the Midland Police Department. The investigation revealed that Miguel Ruiz, 25, was driving a Ford Mustang southbound on Mark Lane and failed to maintain a single lane of travel. Ruiz left the roadway and hit a tree, a residence and a woman -- Grand Prairie resident Belinda Hogan, formerly of Seminole -- who was on the lawn of the residence when the incident took place, according to MPD.

Hogan, 56, died at the scene, according to the release. Ruiz was transported to Midland Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was subsequently arrested on a charge of intoxication manslaughter. He is being held on a $150,000 bond.

Hogan, according to the Seminole Sentinel, had recently retired from her position with Gaines County.

Hogan is the sixth person to die in wrecks on roads inside Midland County this month, according to Reporter-Telegram records. Year to date, 21 people have died on roads in Midland County.

The most recent fatal wreck occurred July 2, when two Midlanders and three Odessans -- including two children -- died in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 191, about 2.5 miles east of County Road 1275, according to a previous Reporter Telegram article.